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No. 770,859. PATENTED SEPT. 20, 1904. J. H. PINK 81; R. ANDLAUER.

HORSESHOE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 25, 1904.

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. WITNESSES: mvzn'r uas WM. T I /7, ZL'V/Q UNITED STATES Patented September 20, 1904:.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH H. FINK, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AND RAYMOND ANDLAUER, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS; SAID FI-NK ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF THREE-EIGHTHS TO SAID ANDLAUER, AND HENRY CHICK AND ANTHONY L. CLARKE, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

HORSESHOE ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 770,359, dated September 20, 1904.

Application filed April 25, 1904:.

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that we, JOSEPH H. FINK, residing at Kansas City, county of Jackson, and State of Missouri, and RAYMOND ANDLAUER, residing at Kansas City, county of Wyandotte, and State of Kansas, citizens of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoe Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in horseshoe attachments, in which side members having suitable calks are provided with adjustable means for being clamped to the under side of the horseshoe for preventing slipping upon icy pavements.

Our invention provides an attachment that can be quickly and securely clamped upon or removed from the shoe.

Our invention provides, further, two side members provided with suitable calks and with means for being secured to the under side of the shoe, said side members being adjusted toward and from each other by means of a bolt provided with suitable means for engaging the side members, means being provided by which accidental turning of the bolt will not result in the unclamping of the side members from the shoe.

Other novel features are hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate our invention, Figure 1 is a bottom view of the attachment shown mounted on a horseshoe. Fig. 2 is a top view of the attachment. the horseshoe being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is across-section taken on the dotted line 0 d of Fig. 2. Fig. A is a longitudinal vertical sectional view taken on the dotted line a Z) of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a cross-section taken on the dotted line 6 f of Fig. 2.

Similar charactersof reference indicate similar parts.

1 denotes the horseshoe, 2 and 3 the side members, provided each in its forward and rear portions with vertical tapering holes in Serial No. 204,771- (No model.)

which are mounted the conical calks 4, the upper fiat portions of which bear upon the under side of the shoe 1 and the pointed lower ends of which extend below said side member. Each member 2 and 3 is provided near its forward end with an upward and inwardly inclined projection 5, which engages the adjacent outer edge of the forward part of the shoe. The rear end of each side member is provided with a socket 6 for receiving the adjacent heel of the shoe. That portion of each socket 6 which engages the outer edge of the shoe is upwardly and inwardly inclined, thus adapting the socket to fit shoes of difierent thicknesses. The rear end of the socket 6 is provided with a vertical wall 7, which engages the rear end of the heel and prevents forward movement of the member on the shoe. The socket 6 is open on its lowerside, so as to receive the downwardly-extending heel of the shoe.

Upon the lower side of each side member, and preferably in advance of the center thereof, is a downwardly-extending projection 8, provided with a transverse hole 9, in which is rotativel y and longitudinally movable a bolt 10, provided near one end with an abutment 11, comprising, preferably, an annular flange, which lies outside the projection 8 on the member 2 and which bears upon the under side of said member. Encircling the bolt 10 is a coilspring 12, one end of which bears upon the abutmentv 11, the other end bearing upon the outer side of the projection 8 on the member 2. One end of the bolt 10, preferably that adjacent the abutment 11, is squared, as denoted by 13, so as to receive readily thereto the application of the jaws of a wrench, by which the bolt may be rotated. On the threaded part of the bolt which extends beyond the outer side of the projection 8 of the member 3 is mounted along nut 14:, which bears upon the under side of the member 3 and against the outer side of the projection 8 on said member. The nut 14: is provided with lateral projections 15, which engage the under side of the member 3 and prevent rotation of the nut. The long nut 14: protects the thread of the bolt from injury and by bearing upon the under side of the member 3 cooperates with the abutment 11 to prevent lateral tipping of the members 2 and 3 when the bolt 10 is turned, so as to cause the said members to tightly embrace the outer edges of the shoe.

In operating our invention the side members 2 and 3 are mounted upon the under side of the horseshoe, one at each side thereof, with the projections 5 engaging the forward outer edges of the shoe and the sockets 6 receiving therein the heels of the shoe. The bolt 10, nut 14:, and spring 12 being mounted as already described, the bolt 10 is turned in a direction such that the members 2 and 3 will be drawn against the side edges of the shoe. The bolt is still further turned, so as to tightly compress the springs 12, which, bearing upon the abutment 11 and adjacent projection 8, ordinarily prevents the bolt 10 from rotating. If by any chance the bolt should be turned a few times, the spring 12 will still tightly hold the members upon the shoe, thus preventing the attachment being loosened and thrown from the shoe. The attachment may be 00- casionally inspected and the bolt turned, if necessary, to compress the spring, so that it shall have the tension required.

Our invention may be modified in different ways without departing from its spirit.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 'is

1. In a horseshoe attachment, the combination with two side members adjustable toward and from each other, and provided each with means for engaging one side edge and heel of a horseshoe, of two members, comprising a bolt having a nut mounted thereon, and engaging respectively the two side members, and one of which is adjustable relative to the two side members and one of which bears upon one side member, and a spring bearing upon the other side member, and having bearing upon it the adjustable member.

2. In a horseshoe attachment the combination with two side members provided each with means for engaging one edge and the heel of the shoe and provided each with a transverse hole therethrough, of a bolt rotatively mounted in said holes and provided with a shoulder, a nut mounted on said bolt and bearing upon one of said side members, and a spring bearing upon the other of said side members and upon said shoulder.

3. In a horseshoe attachment, the combination with two side members provided each with means for engaging one edge and one heel of a shoe and having each a transverse hole therethrough, of a bolt rotatively mounted in said holes, a nut mounted on said bolt and bearing upon one of said side members, and a spring bearing upon the other of said side members at one end and upon said bolt at the other end.

4. In a horseshoe attachment, the combination with two side members provided each with means for engaging the shoe and having each a downwardly-extending projection provided with a transverse hole therethrough, of two devices rotatable one with respect to the other, and one being mounted in said holes and adjustable toward and from the other of said devices, one of said devices bearing upon the outer side of one of said projections, and a spring bearing upon the outer side of the other of said projections and having bearing upon it the other of said devices.

5. In a horseshoe attachment, the combination with two side members provided each with means for engaging one edge and one heel of a shoe and having each a downwardlyextending projection provided with a transverse hole therethrough, of a threaded bolt rotativelymounted in said holes and provided at one end with a threaded portion and near the other end with a shoulder, of a nut mounted upon the threaded portion of the bolt and bearing upon the outer side of one of said projections, and a spring bearing upon the outer side of the other of said projections and having bearing upon it the shoulder of said bolt.

6. In a horseshoe attachment, the combination with two side members provided each with means for engaging one side edge and one heel of the shoe and provided each with a downwardly-extending projection having a transverse hole therethrough, of a bolt rotatively mounted in said holes, having a screw-threaded portion disposed upon the outer side of one of said projections and having a shoulder disposed upon the outer side of the other of said projections, a nut mounted on the threaded portion of the bolt and bearing upon the outer side of the adjacent projection, and a spring encircling said bolt and bearing at one end against said shoulder and at the other end against the outer side of the adjacent projection.

7 In a horseshoe attachment, the combination with two side members provided each with means for engaging one side edge and one heel of a shoe and provided each with a downwardly-extending projection having a transverse hole therethrough, of a bolt rotatively mounted in said hole and provided at one end with a screw-threaded portion and near the other end with an abutment disposed upon the outer side of the projection on one side member and bearing upon the under side of said side member, a nut mounted on the threaded portion of the bolt and bearing upon the outer side of the projection of the other side member and upon the under side of said other side member, and a spring bearing upon said abutment and upon the outer side of the adjacent projection.

8. In a horseshoe attachment, the combination with two side members provided each with means for engaging one edge and one heel of the shoe and having each a downwardly-extending projection provided with a transverse hole therethrough, of a bolt rotatively mounted in said hole and provided at one end with a screw-threaded portion and nearthe other end with a shoulder disposed upon the outer side of the projection on one side member, a nut mounted on the threaded portion of said bolt and bearing upon the under side of the other side member and upon the outer side of the projection thereon, the nut being provided with means for engaging the side member to prevent rotation of the nut relative to said side member, a spring encircling the bolt and bearing upon said shoulder and the outer side of the adjacent projection.

9. In a horseshoe attachment, the combination with two side members provided each with means for engaging the outer edge of the shoe and having each a socket for receiving the adjacent heel of the shoe, that portion of the socket engaging the outer edge of the shoe being upwardly and inwardly inclined, each of said side members being provided with a transverse hole extending therethrough, of a bolt rotatively mounted in said holes and provided with means for engaging with and adjusting toward and from one of said side members and provided also with an abutment, and a spring bearing against said abutment and the other side member.

10. In ahorseshoe attachment, the combination with two side members provided each with means for engaging the outer edge of the shoe and having each a socket for receiving each the adjacent heel of the shoe, that portion of the socket which engages the outer edge of the shoe being upwardly and inwardly inclined, each of said side members being provided with a transverse hole extending there through, of a bolt rotatively mounted in said holes, having a threaded portion at one end and an abutment adjacent the other end, a nut mounted upon the threaded portion of the bolt and bearing upon the outer side of one of said side members, and a spring mounted on said bolt and bearing upon said abutment and upon the outer side of the other side member.

, abutment bearing upon the under side of one of said side members, a nut mounted upon the threaded portion of the bolt and bearing upon the under and outer side of the other side member, and a spring encircling said bolt and bearing upon said abutment and upon the outer side of the adjacent side member.

12. In a horseshoe attachment, the combination with two side members provided each with means for engaging the outer edge of the shoe and each having a socket for reciving the adjacent heel of the shoe, that portion of the socket engaging the outer edge of the shoe being upwardly and inwardly inclined, each of said side members being provided with a downwardly-extending projection having a transverse hole therethrough, of a threaded bolt 'rotatively and longitudinally movable in said holes, and provided with an abutment disposed upon the outer side of the projection of one of said side members, a nut mounted on the threaded part of the bolt and bearing upon the under side of the other side member and upon the outer side of the adjacent projection thereon, said nut being provided with means for engaging and locking with said side member to prevent rotation of the nut, and a spring mounted on said bolt and bearing upon said abutment and upon the outer side of the adjacent projection.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH H. FINK. RAYMOND ANDLAUER.

Witnesses:

WARREN D. HOUSE, HENRY F. Ross. 

